d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-12-03T16:31:16 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Biodiversity, environmental and social data 2007-2008 for the project Improving the Success of Agri-environment Schemes (FarmCAT) 2015-01-05 publication 1418307717982 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 10.5285/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 doi: McCracken, M.E., Woodcock, B.A., Lobley, M., Pywell, R.F., Saratsi, E., Swetnam, R.D., Mortimer, S.R., Harris, S.J., Winter, M., Hinsley, S., Bullock, J.M. (2015). Biodiversity, environmental and social data 2007-2008 for the project Improving the Success of Agri-environment Schemes (FarmCAT). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 This dataset consists of butterfly and bumblebee counts, winter bird counts, number of flowering units, and seed mass data, along with categories of soil type and quality, and temperature data. Data were collected from arable farms under the English Entry Level agri-environment Scheme (ELS) for two options: Nectar Flower Mixture option (NFM) and Wild Bird Seed Mixture (WBM). Surveys were carried out in 2007 and repeated in 2008. All data were collected using standardised protocols: butterfly and bumblebee counts were collected from transects in the NFM options during summer; flowering units were counted within quadrats along the same transects in summer; bird counts were made in winter within the whole WBM areas; seed resource was calculated for the WBM areas from seeds collected in quadrats along transects. The dataset also contains results from farmer interviews. The interviews were designed to explore farmer attitudes towards, and history of, environmental management and their perceptions and understanding of the management requirements. Three measures of farmer attitude were then calculcated from their responses: experience (4-point scale), concerns (5-point scale) and motivation (3-point scale). All data were collected as part of the FarmCAT project, the principal aim of which was to develop a holistic understanding of the social and ecological factors which lead to the successful delivery of agri-environmental schemes. This project was funded as part of the ESRC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 McCracken, M.E. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-8838 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact McCracken, M.E. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-8838 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Woodcock, B.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Lobley, M. University of Exeter rkt@exeter.ac.uk author Pywell, R.F. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Saratsi, E. University of Exeter rkt@exeter.ac.uk author Swetnam, R.D. Staffordshire University foi@staffs.ac.uk author Mortimer, S.R. University of Reading imps@reading.ac.uk author Harris, S.J. University of Reading imps@reading.ac.uk author Winter, M. University of Exeter rkt@exeter.ac.uk author Hinsley, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bullock, J.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Dataset is complete. Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication bird bee butterfly flower seed (biology) agriculture GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation winter birds farming environmental management agri-environment schemes (AES) Nectar Flower Mixture EF4 Wild Bird Seed Mixture EF2 Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: McCracken, M.E., Woodcock, B.A., Lobley, M., Pywell, R.F., Saratsi, E., Swetnam, R.D., Mortimer, S.R., Harris, S.J., Winter, M., Hinsley, S., Bullock, J.M. (2015). Biodiversity, environmental and social data 2007-2008 for the project Improving the Success of Agri-environment Schemes (FarmCAT). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 textTable English utf8 farming 2007-01-01 2008-12-31 -6.452 1.768 49.864 55.812 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d774f98f-030d-45bb-8042-7729573a13b2 Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 All data were collected and calculated using standardised protocols.